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Dec 2019
47m 40s

Best of 2019: The Davidoff-Morini Stradi...

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Here’s one of our listeners’ most requested episodes of 2019: Once used by prodigy violinist Erica Morini during the height of her musical career in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, the Stradavaruius was stolen a few weeks before her death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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